Good morning, David,
I agree that what we have seen in the growth of a particularly brutal capitalism in this country is evil. And the heartlessness of it is "made in America." Evil is not a word I use often, but in this case I can't think of another one. As for "tacky," as used in my homeland, it refers to something so over the limits …
I agree that what we have seen in the growth of a particularly brutal capitalism in this country is evil. And the heartlessness of it is "made in America." Evil is not a word I use often, but in this case I can't think of another one. As for "tacky," as used in my homeland, it refers to something so over the limits of decency that it's not possible to name it. I read somewhere in a novel I can't recall that "There are worse things than dying. There's being raped T here's being tacky." I know Im paraphrasing, and I think it was a novel by Anne River Siddons, but I hope you can dig out my point. I have overslept and am struggling my way into consciousness. A question of semantics, by the way, is never a slight quibble to an old teacher of literature.
Good morning, David,
I agree that what we have seen in the growth of a particularly brutal capitalism in this country is evil. And the heartlessness of it is "made in America." Evil is not a word I use often, but in this case I can't think of another one. As for "tacky," as used in my homeland, it refers to something so over the limits of decency that it's not possible to name it. I read somewhere in a novel I can't recall that "There are worse things than dying. There's being raped T here's being tacky." I know Im paraphrasing, and I think it was a novel by Anne River Siddons, but I hope you can dig out my point. I have overslept and am struggling my way into consciousness. A question of semantics, by the way, is never a slight quibble to an old teacher of literature.